Summary
- Murphy and Paulson are working on something cool, possibly a new season.
- Season 13 could draw inspiration from Hotel, despite its lower ratings.
- Paulson returning for a ghost role in season 13 would be exciting.
After learning American Horror Story season 13 "hasn't been ordered," fans of Ryan Murphy's unsettling anthology series were sad to hear the show isn't returning soon. However, Murphy shared a brief update recently, and said, "Sarah Paulson and I are cooking up something cool." While it might take a while before the next season comes out and tells another gripping and unnerving tale, it's good to know that it's likely happening.
While every season of American Horror Story is compelling in its own way since it takes on various horror tropes, one would be the perfect inspiration for the upcoming season. Although it has the lowest Rotten Tomatoes score of the entire franchise, it's one of the most memorable.
American Horror Story Season 13 Should Be Inspired By The Best American Horror Stories Episode
American Horror Story season 13's plot hasn't been shared, and it could take cues from a memorable and scary American Horror Stories episode.
American Horror Story Season 13 Should Be Like Hotel, Which Is An Underrated Season
American Horror Story: Hotel has a 64% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and 61% on the Popcornmeter, and it should inspire the next season. While other seasons are rated higher, especially 1984 and Coven, season 5 is genuinely creepy and leans into its classic setting.
The episodes take place at Hotel Cortez, and the riveting characters include vampires Countess Elizabeth (Lady Gaga) and Donovan (Matt Bomer), along with spirits Sally McKenna (Sarah Paulson) and Will Drake (Cheyenne Jackson). By the end of season 5, viewers have been taken on an emotional journey. Although several seasons of the show feature the paranormal, Hotel tells a unique and moving ghost story that draws viewers in.
American Horror Story season 13 should be as scary as Hotel and also feature a fresh twist on the haunted hotel horror trope. If it's the final season, which some fans think it could be, it would be great if season 13 was the scariest one yet. While a terrifying hotel has already been done, perhaps season 13 could take place at a haunted high school, on a haunted college campus, or even in an old office building that has been rumored to have spirits and demons. Setting season 13 at a school could be fun, new, and different, and it could also use a lot of young adult horror movie tropes.
What are the Rotten Tomatoes ratings for every American Horror Story season?
- Season 1: Murder House: 77%
- Season 2: Alsyum: 84%
- Season 3: Coven: 85%
- Season 4: Freak Show: 77%
- Season 6: Roanoke: 74%
- Season 7: Cult: 73%
- Season 8: Apocalypse: 79%
- Season 9: 1984: 88%
- Season 10: Double Feature: 80%
- season 11: NYC: 71%
- Season 12: Delicate: 77%
If Sarah Paulson comes back for American Horror Story season 13, and it sounds like she's going to, it would be fun to see her play another ghost. But, this time around, perhaps no one would know that she was a ghost, and that could be the big twist that is revealed halfway through the season. Hotel is such a strong and underrated season because of the impressive performances, and that includes Paulson's. There's no doubt that fans will love seeing her come back. Maybe she could play a character at the school that only some can see, and after a while, it turns out that she's a former teacher who died in a terrifying manner.
Hotel also did a great job of integrating ghosts and vampires into the plot, and it would be cool if the next season did the same thing. Evil and good spirits could coexist in the new world that Murphy creates, and it would also be fun to see a vampire character along with another kind of monster. Although it would be fun to see another slasher season like season 9, 1984, the show should go all out for the next installment, and leaning into the supernatural seems like the best way to go.
Is American Horror Story: Hotel Streaming Anywhere?
If fans want to rewatch American Horror Story: Hotel, or if they missed it when it first aired in 2015 and 2016, they can check it out on Hulu and Amazon Prime Video. The season has 12 episodes, which is fairly standard for the popular anthology series. While season 12, Delicate, has a notable cliffhanger halfway through and is split up into parts one and two, most seasons of the show air on FX without a break.
While there are no official details about American Horror Story season 13, and there likely won't be a release date for a while, it will likely be available on Hulu as well.
- Release Date
- October 5, 2011
- Network
- FX
- Showrunner
- Ryan Murphy
- Directors
- Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, Jennifer Lynch, Michael Uppendahl, Loni Peristere, Gwyneth Horder-Payton, Ryan Murphy, David Semel, Howard Deutch, Michael Lehmann, Angela Bassett, Jeremy Podeswa, Max Winkler, Michael Rymer, Paris Barclay, Axelle Carolyn, Anthony Hemingway, Craig Zisk, Elodie Keene, Jennifer Arnold, Jessica Yu, John Scott, Laura Belsey, Liz Friedlander, Maggie Kiley
- Writers
- Halley Feiffer, Ned Martel, Crystal Liu, Charlie Carver, Kristen Reidel, Adam Penn, Douglas Petrie, Todd Kubrak, Reilly Smith, Jay Beattie, Dan Dworkin, Joshua A. Green, Akela Cooper, Asha Michelle Wilson
- Franchise(s)
- American Horror Story
Cast
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Evan PetersKyle Spencer -
Sarah PaulsonTuberculosis Karen / Mamie Eisenhower
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